Key-ring holder.



' F. A. TOGE.

KEY RING HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 19,1913.

5 1,095,247. v v Patented May 5,1914.

WWI mow I I rmnonsco A. or Lake CHARLES, LOUISIANA.

KE -nine HoLnER.

"Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed July 19,1913. Serial No. 780,049.

Patented May 5, 1914.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCESCO A. Tooe, a citizen of the United .States, residing at Lake Charles, in the parish of Calcasieu and State of Louisiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Key-Ring Holders; and I do hereby declare the fol lowing to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention relates to devices for holding key rings or the like, and of the type designed to be attached to the garment of the wearer, and has for its purpose to provide a device of that character which is of extremely simple design, which may be readily attached or removed from the garment, and Worn without discomfort or inconvenience; and one wherein the key holding member will be securely held against displacement.

The invention has for its further purpose to construct a device of this character from a single strip of metal having the same thickness throughout, and which is designed to have sufficient resiliency for holding itself in applied position, and permitting of the ready attachment or'removal of the key ring or other article to be carried.

The invention is further proposed as an improvement over the key ring holder disclosed in my U. S. Patent No. 1,042,843, dated October 29, 1912.

Referring to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification in which like numerals designate like parts in all the views: Figure 1' illustrates the application of the device for supporting a bunch of keys. Fig, 2 is a similar view showing the device securing thekey ring 'when the keys are carried in the pocket bf the wearer. Fig. 3 is a side elevational view of the article. Fig. 4 is a front View thereof, and Fig. 5 is a rear view of the same.

Referring to the construction in further detail, the device'consists'of a single strip of metal of uniform thickness, and substantially uniform width throughout, and which is bent intermediate its ends, as at 1,

to provide the layers 2 which are disposed in close contact and bent, as at 3, to provide a garment-engaging hook 4. And the end portion of said hook is slightly bent, as at 5, to provide for the ready attachment of the article to the waist band of the trouse1's,*as will be understood. w

The inner layer of the hook member 4 has a straight and downwardly extended portion or shank 6 which projects beyond the hook end 1, and is thence bent with a gradual curve 7 to provide the hook 8 to which the key ring A or otherarticle to be carried is attached. The shank 6 is disposed to contact with the end of the garment-engaging hook 4, and thereby provides the required resiliency for gripping the fabric to hold the article in applied position.

The outer member or layer 2 of the garment-engaging hook is extended downwardly and angilarly with respect to the shank 6 to provide a tongue or hook guard 9, and the end 10 of said tongue is'disposed in contact with the inner surface of the end of the hook 8.

The necessary resiliency for the tongue or hook guard 9 is provided for through the medium of the slot or-cut-awa formed in the outer layer 2 o t e hook 4 and extending from approximately the point a adjacent the bend 3 to the point 1) adjacent the bend 5 (see Figs. 3 and 5).

By reason of the uniform-thickness of the metallic stripjsa-id slot forms the pair of narrow metal strips 12, which, through the medium of their bent portions at theplace 3, afford the necessary resiliency for keeping the tongue 9 in engagement with the hook 8, as'above stated. I

From theforegoing it will be seen that a key ring holder is devised which will securely hold the article against loss, and that said holder may be conveniently worn 'at any point on the waist line of the trousers, and it will be further noted that the peculiar ortion 11 design of the article avoids or conceals any projecting part which would offer an obpossibly tear the clothes of struction and the wearer. p

In practice the article is to be constructed of" metal, but it is proposed that the same may beplated, japanned, or otherwise finished or decorated to suit the special market I for which it is designed.

It is obvious that those skilled in the art may vary the details, of construction and arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit of my invention, and therefore I do not wish to be limited to such features except as may be required by the claim.

-I claim: I

A device of the character described comprisinga single strip of metal of uniform thickness throughout bent intermediate its for ready attachment to the said tongue, guard immediately adjacent said-garment-engaging member bein cut away intermediate its sides to provide for resiliency, and said angular end ortion of the garment engaging member eing disposed" in close contact with one face of the shankof said hook portion whereby to provide gripping means, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANCESCO A. TOCE.

Witnesses: PERCY 0. SMITH,

W. 'N. CURLEY. 

